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CEIC Gallery/Hot Topics - August 25, 2016 Summary
The rapid growth of China’s total debt raised concerns. There is no official release of the debt size in China. However, we can sum up the reported data for reference, as indicated in the charts below. The actual size of China’s total debt is believed to be much larger than this amount.

Breakdown by Foreign Debt, Bond and Loan

In the charts below, we have applied the following data:

Foreign Debt: Total Foreign Debt released by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE)

Bond: Total Bond Depository estimated by the People's Bank of China (PBoC)

Loan: Outstanding Loan released by PBoC

For the data that has not been released, we applied the previous available data

Breakdown by Public, Corporate and Household

In the charts below, we have applied the following data:

Public Debt: Total Foreign Debt released by SAFE, Outstanding Government Debt (including Contingent Liability) released by the National Audit Office